Class of 2022
Scott Seator Ambassador Award
This award, established in memory of Scott Seator of the Class of 1987, goes to the senior who has demonstrated the kind of critical thinking needed to solve our world’s most difficult problems and who has been involved in other cultures and contributed to making the world a better place.
SAS Student Advocate Award This award honors a senior who exemplifies our core values, who has demonstrated a deep commitment to equity and inclusion for all, and whose advocacy and actions have had a significant positive influence on our community.
Tanisha Mehta
Jay Prakash
“A natural talent at coding who comes up with elegant solutions to complex problems while seeing who is not being heard and raising their profile and voice.”
Don Bergman Leadership Award Established in 1999 in recognition of former superintendent Dr. Don Bergman, this award is given to the senior who has demonstrated excellence in one or more facets of communication and collaboration.
Kush Kapoor “Since ninth grade, he has been passionately and actively involved in representing his peers with the aim of creating a community of inclusion and collaboration.”
“Seeing a void in our curriculum, this student created a documentary and advisory lesson about the LGBTQ+ community that centered voices that are often marginalized or disregarded.”
Cum Laude Recognition The SAS Cum Laude system recognizes students who achieve excellence in their academic pursuits over the course of their high school careers. Adopted by SAS in 2018, these traditional Latin distinctions encourage rigorous scholarship while giving all students more incentive to work hard, embrace challenges, and explore their interests. Our three honors levels are determined by students’ cumulative high school grade point averages through the fall of senior year. We applaud the 132 graduates of the class of 2022 who graduated cum laude (with honors), magna cum laude (with high honors), or summa cum laude (with highest honors)!
Outstanding Graduates Two Eagles receive the Outstanding Graduate Award each year. These awards are presented to students who have been at SAS for at least two years, excel academically, and exemplify the highest qualities of both our desired student learning outcomes and our SAS core values.
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to the students who graduated cum laude!
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to the students who graduated magna cum laude!
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to the students who graduated summa cum laude!
Liam Murgatroyd “This student embodies everything we want to see from a student—a gentle leader who leads by example, makes sure all voices are heard in the room, and makes every group he works with better.”
Rohan Panday “This student is a joy—respectful, down-to-earth, smiling, stepping forward to help, taking leadership roles when collaborating with others, and taking risks when exploring and learning new skills.“
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“As part of our culture of excellence, we are proud to honor our students’ academic achievement through our cum laude system. Modeled after honor systems in place at many universities, our cum laude system is designed to recognize and praise those students who have achieved the highest academic success during their time in high school. Please join me in saluting our students for this much-deserved honor.” NICOLE VELTZÉ, HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
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